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albumin, albumen any of a group of simple water-soluble proteins that are coagulated by heat and are found in blood plasma, egg white, etc. albumen [‚al′byü·mən] (cell and molecular biology) The white of an egg, composed principally of albumin. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They had curled-hair works for the cattle tails, and a "wool pullery" for the sheepskins; they made pepsin from the stomachs of the pigs, and albumen from the blood, and violin strings from the ill-smelling entrails. Again in another work he says, the genera of the Connaraceae 'differ in having one or more ovaria, in the existence or absence of albumen, in the imbricate or valvular aestivation. |
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